The first employees moved into DR Byen in 2006 and 2007, but the entire building, including the Koncerthuset Concert Hall, was not completed until 2010.

[1] The construction industry's enormous budget overruns have been widely discussed, and were also one of the main reasons of former CEO Kenneth Plummer's announcement on March 13, 2007, that 521 positions would be cut, and that 300 employees would be dismissed.

The complex is approximately 131,000 m² large, including a basement divided into four segments, each housing their own departments.

[2] All the segments are connected by an "Indre Gade" of approximately 5,000 m² including the basement, which cuts through DR Byen at the height of the 2nd floor, and is about 180 meters long.

This was due, among other things, to the fact that the construction of DR Byen's concert hall was far more complicated than first assumed.

Christian S. Nissen was dismissed as general manager, and later Jørgen Kleener also chose to resign from his post.

TV-Avisen tells on October 10, 2006, that the construction management has been aware at least since September 2005 that there could be budget overruns of over DKK 250 million.

Prior to the board meeting, the person responsible for DR construction, Kjeld Boye Møller, is dismissed.